Janis Smedins

WATCH LIVE: P1440/FIVB Las Vegas Open Beginning at Noon ET

FIVB/P1440 Las Vegas Open Las Vegas Festival Grounds; Las Vegas, Nevada Oct. 15-21, 2018 Schedule/Results Watch Live: Men; Women Watch…

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Kerri Walsh Jennings Advances to 4th Round of P1440 Debut

The first day of the first P1440 beach volleyball tournament is in the books, and host Kerri Walsh Jennings isn’t letting hosting duties interfere with her performance.

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Beach Major Slate Set for 2018-19, Beginning in Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, will be the first stop on the FIVB Beach Major Series tour for the second straight year.

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Norway’s Anders Mol/Christian Sorum Win #WTFinals Gold

Norway’s Anders Mol/Christian Sorum won their fourth straight gold medal and biggest yet, taking the FIVB World Tour Finals title with two wins on Saturday, including a gold medal win sweep of ninth-seeded Michal Bryl/Grzegorz Fijalek of Poland.

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Veterans Smedins/Samoilovs, Herrera/Gavira Out of #WTFinals Race

Germans Julius Thole/Clemens Wickler and Norway’s Anders Mol/Christian Sorum are 3-0, while fifth seeded Latvians Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins and sixth-seeded Spaniards Pablo Herrera/Adrian Gavira were mathematically eliminated from the race for the FIVB World Tour Finals title on Thursday.

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10 Questions with Latvian Beach Star Aleksandrs Samoilovs

Latvian Aleksandrs Samoilovs shares about his partner, all things volleyball, how his family play a role in his game and how it has changed since he started in 2003 in our first 10 Questions feature.

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Poland’s Kantor/Losiak Win Two on Day 1 of World Tour Finals

Day 1 of the World Tour Finals included eight men’s matches with Poland’s Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak headlining the action with a pair of victories. Meanwhile, Norwegians Anders Mol/Christian Sorum extended their win streak to 20 matches.

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Streaking Norwegians Mol/Sorum Lead FIVB World Tour Final Men’s Field

As the sand in Hamburg, Germany, heats up ahead of the FIVB World Tour Finals, take a look at the men’s race, including top seeded Norwegians Anders Mol/Christian Sorum and three-time 2018 gold medalists Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen from the Netherlands.

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An Inside Look at the FIVB World Tour Finals

All eyes will be on Hamburg, Germany for the second straight year as the top 10 men’s and women’s beach volleyball teams converge to crown the best of the 2018 FIVB World Tour. Summer Ross/Sara Hughes are the lone Americans among the field.

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Smedins/Samoilovs Snag Second FIVB Gold in Moscow

Sixth-seeded Latvians Janis Smedins/Aleksandrs Samoilovs sewed up their second FIVB gold medal of the year, denying Brazilian duo Alison Cerutti/Andre Loyola Stein 21-18, 21-13 in the title match of the Moscow Four Star on Sunday.

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